BRUMMAGEM is an old local form of "Birmingham." The name was first applied to a counterfeit coin made in the city of Birmingham, England, in the 17th century, and later to the plated and imitation articles made there ; hence cheap, showy or tawdry. The name was used of the supporters of the Exclusion Bill in 168o, with the meaning of "sham Protestant." Similarly the Tory op ponents of the Bill were nicknamed "Anti-Birminghams" or "Anti-Brummagems."